Archive for September 9th, 2005

U.S. Senate moves to limit sale of cold medicines

September 9th, 2005

The U.S. Senate has approved a measure that would take many popular cold and allergy medicines off of store shelves. The bill, authored by California Senator Dianne Feinstein, aims to restrict access to one of the key ingredients used to make methamphetamine. KPBS Reporter Kenny Goldberg has the story.

September 9th, 2005

San Diego gas-gouging ordinance called ‘ridiculous’ (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News)

September 9th, 2005

Economic experts expressed mixed reviews on the effectiveness of the ordinance passed on Sep. 6 to protect San Diego consumers from price gouging at the pumps. The ordinance was passed unanimously by the city council with the support of City Attorney Mike Aguirre.

September 9th, 2005

News briefs from San Diego County (SanLuisObispo.com)

September 9th, 2005

SAN DIEGO - The city of San Diego is withholding $1 million from a Houston-based law firm hired to investigate possible securities violations by city officials because it failed to review 57,000 potentially relevant documents, City Manager Lamont Ewell said.

Family mourns San Diego man killed in Iraq (SanLuisObispo.com)

September 9th, 2005

HALFWAY, Md. - Ryan Brandt Young, a San Diego man and former Navy SEAL performing diplomatic security in southern Iraq, died Wednesday when a bomb destroyed his armored vehicle.

Mission Village Homicide

September 9th, 2005

An autopsy is pending for a woman found
stabbed to death in the locked bathroom of a Mission Village condominium.

Therapist Sex Offender

September 9th, 2005

A Russian “healer” who pleaded guilty to two counts of
sexual battery will have to register as a sex offender for life, but he will be allowed to continue working as massage therapist.

North County Treatment Plant

September 9th, 2005

The board of the San Diego County Water Authority awarded a $159 million contract to a Denver-based firm to build and operate a North County water treatment plant near the San Diego Aqueduct.

Mission Village Homicide

September 9th, 2005

An autopsy is pending for a woman found
stabbed to death in the locked bathroom of a Mission Village condominium.